Fulton Woman Threatens Boyfriend and Kids with Knives

FULTON - A woman in Fulton is under arrest after threatening her boyfriend and their two children with knives early Saturday morning.

According to a press release from the Fulton Police Department, Karrena Carter came home from a bar and then held a knife to her boyfriend's chest while he slept. When he woke up, he took the knife away from Carter. She then took a second knife and said she would harm their two children.

The boyfriend then found Carter standing over their four-month-old child with a steak knife, and he was able to get the knife from her before police arrived.

Carter was arrested and charged with armed criminal action, unlawful use of a weapon, domestic assault 2nd degree, and endangering the welfare of a child. Carter was transported to the Callaway County Jail and her bond is set at $29,500.